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How shorted is CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC? CAKE

#123most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 96%

19.91%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.93
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+2.45
days to cover
7.39
Aggregate net short position time series for CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
28 Jul 202617.93% 15 Jul 202619.18% 31 Jul 2026+1.25
29 Apr 202617.76% 15 Apr 202616.43% 30 Apr 2026−1.33
18 Feb 202618.05% 13 Feb 202617.38% 27 Feb 2026−0.67
28 Oct 202518.70% 15 Oct 202516.16% 31 Oct 2025−2.54
29 Jul 202518.31% 15 Jul 202516.83% 31 Jul 2025−1.48
30 Apr 202515.69% 15 Apr 202516.62% 15 May 2025+0.93
19 Feb 202513.25% 14 Feb 202515.92% 28 Feb 2025+2.67
29 Oct 202411.59% 15 Oct 202412.17% 31 Oct 2024+0.58

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for CAKE: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
21
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
104,287
6 Nov 2025
Days with a balance
128
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 104K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202619.91%+0.93
31 Aug 202618.98%+0.40
14 Aug 202618.58%−0.60
31 Jul 202619.18%+1.25
15 Jul 202617.93%+0.47
30 Jun 202617.46%−0.17
15 Jun 202617.63%−0.54
29 May 202618.17%+0.18
15 May 202617.99%+1.56
30 Apr 202616.43%−1.33
15 Apr 202617.76%+1.86
31 Mar 202615.90%−1.13
13 Mar 202617.03%−0.35
27 Feb 202617.38%−0.67
13 Feb 202618.05%−0.94
30 Jan 202618.99%−1.55
15 Jan 202620.54%+4.57
31 Dec 202515.97%−1.19
15 Dec 202517.16%−0.19
28 Nov 202517.35%−0.27
14 Nov 202517.62%+1.46
31 Oct 202516.16%−2.54
15 Oct 202518.70%−0.72
30 Sep 202519.42%+1.25
15 Sep 202518.17%+0.77
29 Aug 202517.40%−0.30
15 Aug 202517.70%+0.87
31 Jul 202516.83%−1.48
15 Jul 202518.31%−2.81
30 Jun 202521.12%+1.90
13 Jun 202519.22%+2.07
30 May 202517.15%+0.53
15 May 202516.62%−0.05
30 Apr 202516.67%+0.98
15 Apr 202515.69%+0.35
31 Mar 202515.34%−0.92
14 Mar 202516.26%+0.34
28 Feb 202515.92%+2.67
14 Feb 202513.25%+0.21
31 Jan 202513.04%+0.05
15 Jan 202512.99%+0.93
31 Dec 202412.06%+0.07
13 Dec 202411.99%+1.39
29 Nov 202410.60%−1.02
15 Nov 202411.62%−0.55
31 Oct 202412.17%+0.58
15 Oct 202411.59%+0.60
30 Sep 202410.99%−0.39
13 Sep 202411.38%+0.36
30 Aug 202411.02%−0.63
15 Aug 202411.65%+0.43
31 Jul 202411.22%−0.68
15 Jul 202411.90%+0.11
28 Jun 202411.79%−1.29
14 Jun 202413.08%−0.55
31 May 202413.63%+0.03
15 May 202413.60%+0.18
30 Apr 202413.42%−0.45
15 Apr 202413.87%+1.19
28 Mar 202412.68%−0.45
15 Mar 202413.13%+0.28
29 Feb 202412.85%+1.10
15 Feb 202411.75%−0.79
31 Jan 202412.54%−0.75
12 Jan 202413.29%−0.03
29 Dec 202313.32%+0.30
15 Dec 202313.02%+0.61
30 Nov 202312.41%−0.55
15 Nov 202312.96%+0.37
31 Oct 202312.59%+0.21
13 Oct 202312.38%−0.42
29 Sep 202312.80%−1.56
15 Sep 202314.36%+0.38
31 Aug 202313.98%−1.12
15 Aug 202315.10%+1.03
31 Jul 202314.07%−3.17
14 Jul 202317.24%+1.00
30 Jun 202316.24%+0.55
15 Jun 202315.69%−0.10
31 May 202315.79%+0.55
15 May 202315.24%−1.58
28 Apr 202316.82%−0.13
14 Apr 202316.95%+0.54
31 Mar 202316.41%−0.03
15 Mar 202316.44%−1.29
28 Feb 202317.73%−0.48
15 Feb 202318.21%+0.08
31 Jan 202318.13%+0.80
13 Jan 202317.33%−0.48
30 Dec 202217.81%+0.51
15 Dec 202217.30%+0.79
30 Nov 202216.51%+1.03
15 Nov 202215.48%+2.12
31 Oct 202213.36%+0.09
14 Oct 202213.27%−0.38
30 Sep 202213.65%−0.54
15 Sep 202214.19%−0.88
31 Aug 202215.07%−0.20
15 Aug 202215.27%+0.85
29 Jul 202214.42%−0.07
15 Jul 202214.49%−0.38
30 Jun 202214.87%+0.67
15 Jun 202214.20%+1.62
31 May 202212.58%−0.13
13 May 202212.71%−0.40
29 Apr 202213.11%0.00
14 Apr 202213.11%−0.18
31 Mar 202213.29%−0.18
15 Mar 202213.47%+0.71
28 Feb 202212.76%−0.85
15 Feb 202213.61%−0.55
31 Jan 202214.16%+0.90
14 Jan 202213.26%+0.76
31 Dec 202112.50%−0.20
15 Dec 202112.70%+0.43
30 Nov 202112.27%−0.47
15 Nov 202112.74%−0.57
29 Oct 202113.31%+1.51
15 Oct 202111.80%+1.81
30 Sep 20219.99%−0.46
15 Sep 202110.45%+0.18
31 Aug 202110.27%−0.56
13 Aug 202110.83%−1.13
30 Jul 202111.96%+0.42
15 Jul 202111.54%−0.44
30 Jun 202111.98%−0.25
15 Jun 202112.23%+0.74
28 May 202111.49%+0.84
14 May 202110.65%−0.44
30 Apr 202111.09%−0.40
15 Apr 202111.49%−0.18
31 Mar 202111.67%+0.38
15 Mar 202111.29%−1.39
26 Feb 202112.68%−0.46
12 Feb 202113.14%−3.35
29 Jan 202116.49%−9.12
15 Jan 202125.61%+1.06
31 Dec 202024.55%+0.84
15 Dec 202023.71%+0.19
30 Nov 202023.52%−0.80
13 Nov 202024.32%−2.19
30 Oct 202026.51%−1.81
15 Oct 202028.32%+0.45
30 Sep 202027.87%−0.82
15 Sep 202028.69%−1.05
31 Aug 202029.74%−1.68
14 Aug 202031.42%+0.83
31 Jul 202030.59%−4.30
15 Jul 202034.89%−1.16
30 Jun 202036.05%+5.95
15 Jun 202030.10%+1.57
29 May 202028.53%+1.08
15 May 202027.45%+1.91
30 Apr 202025.54%+0.23
15 Apr 202025.31%+1.23
31 Mar 202024.08%+2.49
13 Mar 202021.59%−1.57
28 Feb 202023.16%+2.27
14 Feb 202020.89%−0.57
31 Jan 202021.46%+0.62
15 Jan 202020.84%+0.66
31 Dec 201920.18%−0.19
13 Dec 201920.37%−0.59
29 Nov 201920.96%+0.07
15 Nov 201920.89%−0.20
31 Oct 201921.09%+1.06
15 Oct 201920.03%+2.09
30 Sep 201917.94%+0.01
13 Sep 201917.93%−0.26
30 Aug 201918.19%+0.85
15 Aug 201917.34%−2.39
31 Jul 201919.73%−2.18
15 Jul 201921.91%−0.30
28 Jun 201922.21%+0.77
14 Jun 201921.44%−0.66
31 May 201922.10%−0.49
15 May 201922.59%+1.64
30 Apr 201920.95%+2.22
15 Apr 201918.73%−0.39
29 Mar 201919.12%−0.27
15 Mar 201919.39%0.00
28 Feb 201919.39%+0.21
15 Feb 201919.18%+0.66
31 Jan 201918.52%−0.95
15 Jan 201919.47%−0.31
31 Dec 201819.78%−1.39
14 Dec 201821.17%+0.01
30 Nov 201821.16%+0.61
15 Nov 201820.55%+0.05
31 Oct 201820.50%+1.89
15 Oct 201818.61%+0.33
28 Sep 201818.28%−0.16
14 Sep 201818.44%−0.55
31 Aug 201818.99%−0.61
15 Aug 201819.60%−2.36
31 Jul 201821.96%−2.97
13 Jul 201824.93%+0.88
29 Jun 201824.05%−1.51
15 Jun 201825.56%+1.76
31 May 201823.80%−2.35
15 May 201826.15%+0.68
30 Apr 201825.47%+0.22
13 Apr 201825.25%+0.18
29 Mar 201825.07%+0.57
15 Mar 201824.50%+0.33
28 Feb 201824.17%+1.14
15 Feb 201823.03%+0.01
31 Jan 201823.02%−0.91
12 Jan 201823.93%+1.14
29 Dec 201722.79%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC right now?
19.91% of CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC's (CAKE) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 123rd most shorted US stock, out of 3,805 we rank.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this CAKE's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is CAKE's days to cover?
7.39 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.